‘Powerful and magnetic’ Guardian

‘Mind blowing’ Roxane Gay

‘Explosive’ Hanya Yanagihara

‘Funny and disturbing’ Lauren Groff

‘Powerful and magnetic’ Guardian

‘Mind blowing’ Roxane Gay

‘Explosive’ Hanya Yanagihara

‘Funny and disturbing’ Lauren Groff

Stephen Florida is a wrestler at Oregsburg College. His senior year means one thing: a final chance to win the Division IV Championship in the 133 weight class. But for Stephen Florida winning isn’t a goal, it’s an all-consuming fixation.

A literary tour de force, Stephen Florida is a character you will inhale, a mind you will inhabit in a masterful portrait of loneliness and unflinching ambition.